The socio-economic caste census, which will be used to identify beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes, including the proposed food law, could only be completed by July-end, according to R

In order to enable implementation of the proposals in the National Food Security Bill at the earliest, Food Minister K. V. Thomas has asked both the Rural and the Urban Poverty Alleviation Ministries

The government on Thursday decided to carve out a sub-quota of 4.5 per cent for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs, a move which comes ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

Hungary has produced a provocative video advertisement to encourage more people to fill out its national census online next month.

In a video posted on social networking sites on Wednesday, a topless

The ratio of girl child per thousand male child has witnessed a sharp decline in Indian villages in the last decade, according to the latest census data released on Friday.

The child sex ratio in the

A nationwide census to identify Indians living below the poverty line (BPL) and help determine those eligible for social welfare schemes meant for the poor begins with Tripura on Wednesday.

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The government Thursday approved a proposal to conduct a survey based on caste, religion and economic conditions that will help in identifying people living below and above the poverty line and their

A head count to identify the poor, including their caste and religion, was on Thursday approved by the government which aims at ensuring that the benefits of targetted subsidy programme reach them.

Calling for a 'crusade' to curb bias against women, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the practice of female foeticide and infanticide was a 'national shame'.

Addressing bureaucrats at a

Concerned over the latest census figures showing a decline in sex ratio, Cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah says that the day is not far when there "will be no girls to marry and we'll all become gays".